The Tower of Ancone or Tower of Palmentoggio ( co, Torra d'Ancone) is a ruined

Genoese tower The Genoese towers in Corsica (french: tours génoises de Corse, co, torri ghjenuvesi di Corsica, singular : , also ; it, torri genovesi di Corsica) are a series of coastal defences constructed by the Republic of Genoa between 1530 and 1620 to s ...

located in the

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

Calcatoggio Calcatoggio is a Communes of France, commune in the Corse-du-Sud Departments of France, department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Tour d'Ancone *Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department References

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(

Corse-du-Sud Corse-du-Sud (; co, link=no, Corsica suttana , or ; en, Southern Corsica) is (as of 2019) an administrative department of France, consisting of the southern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collect ...

) on the west coast of the

Corsica Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...

. The tower sits near the sea on the Punta di Palmentoju to the south of the Golfu di a Liscia. The construction of the Tour d'Ancone began in 1581. It was one of a series of coastal defences constructed by the

Republic of Genoa The Republic of Genoa ( lij, Repúbrica de Zêna ; it, Repubblica di Genova; la, Res Publica Ianuensis) was a medieval and early modern maritime republic from the 11th century to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast. During the Lat ...

between 1530 and 1620 to stem the attacks by

Barbary pirates The Barbary pirates, or Barbary corsairs or Ottoman corsairs, were Muslim pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa, based primarily in the ports of Salé, Rabat, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli. This area was known i ...

. In 2007 the tower was added to the Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel maintained by the French Ministry of Culture. It is privately owned.

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* Information on how to reach 90 towers. Includes 1,261 photographs. Towers in Corsica {{Corsica-struct-stub